As of 2021, there are 925,490 people in Canada of Filipino ethnic origin, according to the census conducted by Statistics Canada. Of countries in the Indo-Pacific region, Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians constitute the third-largest population in Canada in terms of ethnic or cultural origin, following the Indian (1,347,715) and Chinese (1,713,870) populations in the country.

From 2016 to 2021, Canada welcomed 1,328,240 new immigrants. The Philippines continues to be the second-largest source of immigrants after India, contributing 151,490 individuals (or 11.4% of the total) to the country. 

The breakdown of population with Filipino ethnic origin per province/territory is reported as follows:

The Filipino and Filipino-Canadian population in the country is primarily concentrated in four Canadian provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Manitoba. Together, Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians constitute approximately 2.5 percent of Canada's population. Percentage-wise, out of all provinces/territories, Manitoba has the highest proportion of Filipinos compared to the total population of the province or territory (6.78%). Meanwhile, in absolute numbers, the province of Ontario boasts the largest Filipino and Filipino-Canadian population, with 355,680 individuals.

The following are other relevant information culled from the 2021 census:

National

• The number of Filipinos in Canada increased by 88,360 or 10.56% from 837,130 in 2016 to 925,490 as of 2021.

• Filipinos in Canada (925,490) now comprise 2.5% of the population of the country (36,991,980), up from 2.4% of the population of the country (35,151,728) in 2016.

• The number of Filipino women in Canada (510,570) outnumbered men (414,915). Filipino women also outnumber Filipino men across all 13 provinces and territories of Canada.

 Provincial

• Ontario remained the province with the most number of Filipinos with the number of Filipinos (355,680) increasing by 5.31 % from 2016 (337,760). They also hold  38.43 % of the total number of Filipinos in Canada. 

• Manitoba retained its position with the highest proportion of Filipinos on a per capita basis, with Filipinos comprising 6.78% of the provincial population. Following Manitoba are Alberta (4.78%) and Yukon (4.42%).

• New Brunswick saw the biggest increase by 133% from 2,130 to 4,960 Filipinos in the province. This was followed by Prince Edward Island at 1,600 (121% increase), and by Nova Scotia at 5,790 (62% increase).

Languages

• As of 2021, there were 461,150 Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) speakers in Canada who considered it their mother tongue, constituting 49.8% % of all Filipinos in the country

• In the census, seven other Philippine languages appeared alongside Tagalog: Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Bisaya, Pampangan, Pangasinan, and Waray-Waray.

• Ilocano (33,520) and Cebuano (18,945) followed Tagalog as the Philippine languages considered as mother tongues by the Filipino population in Canada.